Fruit-jar.



PATENTED JAN. 31, 1905.

n GJH. RIGKE.

FRUIT JAR.V vrAPPI'IIATION FILED BBP-T. 12, 1904.

UNITED STAT-Es Patented January 31, 1905.'-

PATENT- OFFICE.

GEORGE H. RICKE,l CINCINNATI," OHIO, ASSIGNOR TOv CARL F. BURGER,

,OF CINCINNATI, OHIO. l

y .FRUIT-JAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of -Letters Patent No. 781,462, dated January 31, 1905.`

Application filed Septembei 12, 1904:. Serial No. 224,111. l

To /LZZ whom it may concern.

Beit known that I, GEORGE H.'R1cKE, a citizen of the United States, residing Vat the city of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fruit-Jars, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to producea simple, cheap, and eflicient fruit-jar.

A great deal of time has been spent in at tempting to produce a fruit-jar out of glass, stone, 'or earthenware, so that the fruit or contents of the jar shall not come in contact with metal or other objectionable material, and at the same time dispense with rubber l gaskets or intermediate means between the like are objectionable, inasmuch as they cannot be evenly forced or pressed yupon their seat, or when once used become hard, uneven, and brittle,.so that when pressed home airspaces are left between the gasket and its seat in the jar-mouth. In eitherevent the fruit becomes moldy. No absolute certainty can be placed in the efficiency of such jars. Screw-caps are objectionable, inasmuch as when tightly screwed home they are so very hard to remove, the employment of a tool often being necessary to start the caps off the mouth of the jar. These caps being of metal the fruit comes in contact therewith. This is also objectionable. The use of wires to secure the cap or lid' on the jar is objectionable, inasmuch as the wires bend, get out of joint, slip, are not of the same standard size, and are not to be absolutely depended upon to iirmlyvand rigidly hold the lid or cap in place,l and even then a rubber or other gasket must be used.

I have overcome and obviated all theseobjections and produced a jar which can bemadeV y manner.

Aor one-fifth around the jar. made of glass, these lugs are interrupted midcap can be easily removed. N o stickygasket is used. Being ableto produce this jar out of earthenware or stoneware, fruits and other larticles now put in tin`cans and which cannot ofthe jar-mouth, over which. the grooves of ,i

the cap lit to lock the cap in place on a glass jar. Fig. 3 is a view in elevation of the jar,

.the top of the jar being partly broken away to show the top, lid, and cap in section, so that their arrangement and relative positions may be seen when vthe jar is sealed. Fig. 4: is a .view in elevation of my jar looking at the jar from the side not covered by the cap, as shown in Fig. l; and Fig, 5 is a view of the cap looking at it from the bottom.

. The jar is represented in the drawings the letter a, the lid by the letter b, and the cap by the letter c. The jar may be made of any form or out of any material. When made of glass, it ispreferably made as shown in Figs.

l and 2, and when made or stone or earthenware is preferably made as shown in Figs. 3 and 4:. At the mouth of the jar on the insideI provide an annular seat or ridge d, on which the lid 7) rests. (See Fig; 3.)V The lid b may rest in the mouth of the jar in any otherl desired On the outside' ofthe jar at its mouth or neck lI form semicircular ridges, lugs, or lianges e, which run only one-fourth When the jar is way by a notch or cut-away part g. (See Figs. l and 2.) When used in jars of stone or earthenware, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4f, the lugs are used as first described, no notch g being present.l The lugs e on one sideof the jar are preferably wider at one end and taper toward the opposite end. It will be seen in Fig. l that at the left-hand side the 'lug is IOl widest and it tapers and is narrower at the l set forth herein. Dotted lines show the lugs right-hand side of the figure. preferred, so that the cap c when put in place will Wedge or lock onto the lug e. In earthenware or stoneware this can only be done on one side of the jar in order to get the jar out of the molds.

rIhe lid is preferably made of the shape shown-that is, circularwidest at the center and tapering toward its edge. At the center it is preferably provided with a depression i, as shown in Fig. 3. The cap c is preferably made of the shape shownethat is, having a center It' and wings m m. These wings m m extend to the edge of the jar and at their edges have depending flanges n n, and these lianges a n are provided with semieireular grooves 0, which fit over the lugs e. These grooves may be made of any length or shape so long as they fit the lugs e on the side of the jar and lock thereon. At the middle or center of part 7c the cap c is depressed, basinshaped, or concaved, as shown at 71. This depression 1 is preferably cut into fingers, spring-points, or parts (See particularly Fig. 2,) These fingers are thus formed in the depressed part fr, so that should the lids Z) happen to be of irregular or uneven form some of the fingers will hold or impinge against the lid, and thus insure a certainty of connection between the lid and the cap c. Then used in connection with glass jars, (see Figs. 1 and 2,) I usually and preferably interrupt the groove 0 at midway to slit it to form a small tongue, tang, or cleat e, (see Fig. 1,) which fits the groove g in the lug e (see Fig. 2) to allow the cap c to hug more tightly over the jar-mouth and more lirrnly hold the lid Z1 and also to prevent lateral displacement of the cap c except by human agency. l/Vhen the cap c is used in connection with the stone or earthenware jars, I usually use the caps shown in Fig. 5, where it will be noticed I form tongues w, which tongues overlap and im pinge against the edge or end of the lugs e. (See at right hand of Fig. 4.) These tongues w answer the same purposes as the tongues or tangs o, only they are put on earthenware or stone Jars.

The jar is used as follows, to wit: The jar is first filled, the lid b dropped onto its seat d, the cap c slipped over the top of the jar and lid at the point where the lugs e are not present, and then the cap c is given a turn until the grooves 0 fit over the lugs e and fit tightly thereon, the depression fr fitting' into the depression i in the lid I), the fingers 1f impinging against the lid and holding it down tightly on its seat. If the jar be glass, the

tongue U will lit the groove g for the purpose set forth herein, and if stone or earthenware the tongues w will be bent into place at the ends of the lugs e for the uses and purpose This shape is @in Fig. 2.

Parairin, wax, or any other sealer, m, is now poured around the edge of the lid, as shown in Fig'. 3, thus hermcticallysealing the jar. When it is desired to open the jar, the cap is pressed off with the hand and the seal easily removed.

The jar can of course be made of any shape, size, or material, as may also the lid. If desired, the lid may be used without the depression. The cap maybe made of any size, form, contour, and from any material. The central depression may be dispensed with. The iingers in the depression may be dispensed with, as may also the tongues, tangs, or the like on the groove in the flanges ofthe cap and any other means used to more tightly hold the cap in place and avoid lateral displacement. Of course, if desired, I could dispense with the notch in the lugs on the side of the jar when made of glass, or I could put the notch in the lugs on the earthen or stone jars; but I prefer to use them as described. The lugs need not be made inclined or tapered, but may be made straight or of any other shape.

It will be seen that my jar obviates all the objections to the jar now in use.

What I claim as new and of my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. In a fruit-jar, the body of the jar, a seat in the jar-mouth, a lid, said lid resting on said seat, lugs on the outside of the jar-mouth iu combination with a cap, said cap extending over the lid and sides of the jar-mouth, depending fianges on said cap, tongues on said flanges, said flanges and tongues engaging lugs on the side of the jar, to tightly hold the lid on the seat, and a seal, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a fruit-jar, the body of the jar, a lid, said lid resting in the jar-mouth, in combination with a cap, said cap fitting over the lid and sides of the mouth of the jar, said cap provided with a series of lingers, said lingers impinging against the lid, and a seal, all combined and operating as set forth.

3. In a fruit-jar, the jar-body, a lid, said lid resting in the jar-mouth, a depression in the face of said lid, in combination with a cap, said cap provided with a central depression which lits the depression in the said lid, the cap extending over the lid, and provided at its edges with depending flanges provided with grooves and tongues, lugs on the side of the jar-mouth, the grooves and tongues litting over said lugs, and a seal, all combined and operating as set forth.

Signed at Cincinnati, Hamilton county, Ohio, this 3d day of September, A. I). 1904.

GEORGE I-I. RICKIE.

Witnesses:

C. F. BURGER, HENRY BODE.

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